Sustainable Progress Initiative
Demos’ Sustainable Progress Initiative facilitates creative new research, policy development, and strategic planning to promote a new economy where the priority is to sustain human and natural communities. Recent reports include "Beyond GDP: New Measures for a New Economy," which questions the pervasive narrative linking GDP and market growth to social progress.
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